ISBN : 9780190850401
Showing how questions of narrative bear on ideas of species difference and assumptions about animal minds, Narratology beyond the Human underscores our inextricable interconnectedness with other forms of creatural life and suggests that stories can be used to resituate imaginaries of human action in a more-than-human world.
Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Section I. Storytelling and Selfhood beyond the Human
Chapter 1: Self-Narratives and Nonhuman Selves
Chapter 2: Boundary Conditions: Identification and Transformation across Species Lines
Chapter 3: Entangled Selves, Transhuman Families
Section II. Narrative Engagements with More-than-Human Worlds
Chapter 4: Multispecies Storyworlds in Graphic Narratives
Chapter 5: Life Narratives beyond the Human
Chapter 6: Animal Minds across Discourse Domains
Chapter 7: Explanation and Understanding in Animal Narratives
Coda
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
